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As a recent transplant to the West Coast, Matthew Wagner, owner of Scappoose Community Acupuncture, found himself trying to create a new business in a brand new community.  As a new business, Scappoose Community Acupuncture needed to both define itself conceptually as a business and clinic and create a marketing tool to drive sales.  Practically speaking, Matthew needed branding to turn his business concept into a business reality, and a website with a robust platform that could translate this branding into sales by maximizing visibility and driving marketing. Read More

Cell phone users in Japan rely heavily on a technology called QR Codes (Quick Reference Codes) in their daily life.  The cell phones equipped with scanning capabilities such as a built-in cameras can quickly scan the bar-code image that include small boxes and lines representing all types of information.  This QR code technology was invented by Toyota automobile company in mid 1990s to easily and quickly scan parts and manufacturers information in their factories.  QR codes quickly became popular among the Japanese public, especially the mobile users due to ease of use.  DoCoMo, a large cell phone network provider in Japan spread this QR technology across Japan.  Since then, the use of this technology spans from instantly receiving information about upcoming events, URLs, contact information, product information and more.   Read More

Thank you again Adobe Business Catalyst, for showcasing Designtech Studio's latest website design and development project, Acupuncture Herbal Healing as one of the Top 3 BC Sites of the Month of January 2011!  This exciting news was announced through BC's Business Success email newsletters #32 to all the partners and subscribers around the world!  Thank you for taking a look at this website created for a licensed Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine practitioner in Boulder, Colorado, United States.   Read More

I recently read an ebook called "101 Tips for your business in 2010", published by Smart Company.  There are lots of great tips included in this document, but the tips that caught my attention are "A PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE IS CRUCIAL" and "DESIGN SHOULD BE THE MOST VISIBLE COMPONENT OF YOUR MIX".  As a designer and owner of a web design studio, I'm naturally going to see these tips as very valuable.  However, there's something important here that can be applied to all our businesses. Read More

Do you have a special event coming up that you want to announce to you customers or clients?  Do you want to send professionally designed post cards, greeting cards, brochure or other print design with the information on the special event?  What about reaching all of your customers or clients through beautifully crafted email newsletter about the event too?  On top of that, wouldn't it be great to have the recipients reserve a seat or RSVP online and pay for the event online? Read More

One of the most common marketing material you hand to your potential client in a face-to-face meeting is your business card.  Not only your business card should have all your contact information, it should have your company logo and design that stands out.  Why?  Because, there are so many business cards out there and your client probably has enough laying around their offices too.  Your card should be memorable, so your client doesn't have to sift through to look for yours.  It just pops out from the crowd of white and boring cards! Read More

One-page magazine ad created for Mondo Zen, a Zen Buddhist organization in the United States was published in the Enlighten Next Magazine (September, 2009 issue).  This print design was inspired by a photograph taken by Melissa Zeligman at the Wild Goose Zendo where she resides.  The tranquility of the setting created inspiration for the graphic design. Read More